Inflammatory myopathy as the initial presentation of cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis
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Cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis: new aspects.
Department of Rheumatology, University of Lübeck; Vasculitis Centre UKSH and Clinical Centre Bad Bramstedt, Lübeck, Germany. Please address correspondence to: Peter Lamprecht, MD, University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Centre UKSH and Clinical Centre Bad Bramstedt, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Received on January 19, 2012; a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-010117